(Starship Phoenix 9:35pm)

Ratchet is in his room catching an early start on sleep from being over worked these past few days on his star-fighter which is now equipped with a brand new target-to-destroy system along with new thruster coils and an added boost into warp speed traveling.

Whilst Ratchet had been working these last few late nights on said Star-Fighter Clank had been monitoring the Phoenix and getting the systems back online after their abduction from Gleeman Vox with DreadZone.

Clank initiated the Phoenix's shields and powered down the engines as to not head off course into civilians, Clank headed into Ratchets old quarters to find the Lombax snoring in his sleep, Clank chuckled to himself about the now half-conscious Lombax awakening before face planting into the ground off of the couch.

"Ouch, shit how'd that happen?" Ratchet asked out loud not realizing Clank was standing behind him with a grin and beaming green optical sensors.

"Oh, Hey Clank sorry about that just tired is all." Ratchet turned and explained to Clank before being told it was fine and added some humor into the evening for him.

"Glad I could help you pal."

"Do not mention it….."

Before Clank could continue talking to Ratchet an alarm sounded, warning of an unidentified ship approaching the Phoenix. The duo headed up to the Cockpit, a screen prompted a message from the unidentified ship stating 'Please help, have been injured, please help.' Clank opened the message up to receive a picture of a young Cazar girl whom had a large gash leading from her shoulder down into her oblique (Side of your abdominals) just narrowly missing her breast or worse her heart.

"Clank, power down the shields and allow the ship to enter the Phoenix, I'll go down and confront her also I'll bring nanotech for the wound." Ratchet stated with a firm tone.

"Alright Ratchet, but we will need to bring her into the infirmary for proper examination of her wounds Okay?" Clank questioned before Ratchet nodded in conformation and made his way down to the docking bay.

Ratchet reached the docking bay to see a battered ship slam down before the starboard engine burst into a flurry of ferocious flames, Ratchet wasted no time in equipping his Omni Wrench from DreadZone and prying open the ships Cockpit to reveal a young unconscious Cazar lying in her seat, Ratchet flicked open a small canister of Nanotech on his belt , he quickly applied the Nanotech over her wound then tucked her legs over his left arm and her upper back into his right, Ratchet hastily exited the ship with the young girl in his arms still lying unconscious he carried her light but sturdy frame to the infirmary to find Clank waiting with a bed and a life support machine ready for the Cazar, Ratchet lowered her gently onto the bed before turning to Clank with a look of worry and curiosity.

"She will be fine Ratchet; I'll make sure of that."

"Thanks buddy; I'll go deal with the angry engine back in the docking bay."

"Alright, be careful Ratchet."

"Always pal."

With that Ratchet turned and heading back to the now smoking ship as the engine no longer was alight thanks to three Galactic Rangers securing the blaze with the usual comments of fear.

"That will be all Rangers."

"Yes, Sir." The three Rangers saluted in unison.

"Sarge?"

"Yes soldier?"

"How is the girl doing?" J21 asked with sincerity.

"She will be fine with a few days rest in the infirmary, Dismissed."

"Yes, Sir." The three once again saluted in unison.

Ratchet looked back towards the now wreck of a ship sitting in the docking bay.

"Jesus, what the hell'd she go through? Well thinking isn't going to fix it. I hope she is doing alright in there."

(Starship Phoenix 8:54am)

Ratchet had been working all night without even a whisper of sleep, he had disassembled both of the engines and had replaced the damaged body panels over the last ten hours of work. The Cazar never left his mind though whilst working Ratchet had caught his fingers several times from thinking of the girl in the infirmary fighting for her life as a result from his dazed mind he made many cases of comments over the night. Ratchet walked into the infirmary with a hopeful look upon his face, hoping to see the girl was awake and well, his hopes were true as he walked up to her he leaned down slightly admiring the girls beauty but was quickly scarred out of his day dreams by the girl grumbling as she woke from her unconscious state, Ratchet stepped back and smiled.

"Wh.. Who are you?" The girl asked.

"The names Ratchet, You're aboard the starship Phoenix and have been in our infirmary for the last eleven hours, you were in a terrible accident I presume from the gash you had down here." Ratchet ran his finger down her side that had been bandaged by Clank the previous night.

The girls eyes began to water, Ratchet stepped forward raised a hand to her chin but the girl looked away from him, not wanting to make eye contact with him. Ratchet brought both hands to each of her cheeks forcing her to look him in the eyes, she continues to weep tears.

"Hey, you're okay; you're safe here with us." Ratchet whispered to her.

"I know who you are, the famous hero Ratchet who saved Solona three times and Bogon once."

"You've been doing your homework haven't you?" Ratchet joked with a small innocent smile.

"Yeah, I actually um… well I sort of…" The Cazar stuttered before letting more tears run down onto Ratchets hands.

"Hey, you don't have to tell me anything if you don't want to, just as long as you're comfortable and happy okay?" Ratchet confirmed to her.

"Oh Okay, Thank you Ratchet for helping me and patching me up."

"Hey, All I did was pull you out and carry you here; Clank did the examination of the wound and did the medical side of things after I applied Nanotech." Ratchet pronounced Clanks medical work to be greater than his own.

"Well thank you to the both of you, my name is Rose."

"Wow, pretty name." Ratchet said jokingly to Rose."

"Heh Heh Thanks."

"How are you feeling?"

"Tired and sore."

"Ha, you're not the only one I've been up all night working on your ship its just needs a few new engine components and the engines to be reassembled before it will be flyable again." Ratchet said with pride in his own mechanical work.

"Really? Thank you, you didn't have to do that for me." Rose said ecstatically.

"Well don…" Before Ratchet could react Rose kissed him quickly on the lips, leaving him standing there with a star struck look on his face and a dropped jaw then a giddy smile with a little giggle.

"Oh, Sorry I shouldn't have done that." Rose apologized.

"Hehehehe, no need to apologize I'm not complaining ha ha."

Ratchet and Rose continued to talk about each other's past exchanging stories as it turns out they both are orphans and both have been alone for the later years of their lives and both like similar things. Ratchet thinks to himself how pretty Rose is before quickly snapping back to attention, Rose picks up on his gaze on her and only chuckles.

"Hey Ratchet, I'm up here." Rose said teasingly.

"Uh, Oh sorry Rose, just you're… just… wow." Ratchet continued to stammer his words about the now giggling Rose sitting on the infirmary bed."

(The next three days.)

Ratchet had been keeping Rose company every opportunity he could when he wasn't repairing her ship, the two had become quite good friends over the last few days and with Rose still bed ridden for the most part Ratchet had been enjoying just talking to her, or even just being in her presence was enough to relax him.

(Starship Phoenix 10:32pm)

Ratchet was in his room on his bed, Rose was thirsty but didn't want to bother Ratchet about a drink at this time of the night so she decided to get one herself from down the hall in the what she assumed was the Phoenix's kitchen, Rose clambered out of her bed with a slight struggle, once she gained her footing she grabbed onto the bed for support until her balance returned to normal, after a few moments she began to slowly limp out of the infirmary and down the hallway, passing Clank who was currently hibernating for the night and Ratchets room which was silent so she naturally assumed he was also asleep, Rose eventually made it to the kitchen with many cringes she grabbed an empty glass on the bench then hauled herself to the sink, she filled her glass with water, guzzled it down then repeated the same routine three times over before filling it a fourth time, turning towards the hallway back to her bed, though as Rose past Ratchets room she hear slight moans coming from inside. Rose stopped outside his door she placed her ear gently against his door to hear Ratchets moans of pleasure from inside.

"Uhhhh, OH god Rose you're so sexy, mm." Ratchet moaned quietly to himself not knowing that the person he was 'thinking' about was actually listening in on his true sexual thoughts.

Rose was shocked at what Ratchet was apparently doing and whom was on his mind while he was doing it, Rose stepped back wide eyed from the door but cringed out loud and silently mouthed multiple curses to herself, Rose froze when the moans from Ratchet stopped and footsteps approached on the other side of his door, Rose still in agony tried to make out she was just walking past when the door opened to reveal a curious and guilty looking Lombax.

"Rose? What the hell are you doing, why are you out of bed you're supposed to be resting?" Ratchet asked attempting to hide his fear of being found out.

"Oh, Uh yeah I didn't want to bother you or Clank so I got my drink myself instead, and um Ratchet why were you um… well… you know.. Moaning? Just heard it as I was walking back is all." Rose asked Ratchet in return, she knew damn well what he had been doing but she wanted him to be honest about it. Ratchet had swallowed very hard and avoided eye contact whilst rubbing the back of his head trying to come up with an excuse to her question.

"Well, um, I was.. urh.. Having a nightmare." Ratchet tried to pull off a sheepish grin but it only turned into a terrible act of hiding his fear of what he'd been doing and who he was thinking of doing it with.

"Ratchet? You can tell me, and on a side note you suck at trying to lie to me." Rose quickly executed his attempt to cover up.

"Ratchet, c'mon I know what you were doing, I'm not mad just a little creped out is all but I understand completely. And this won't change anything between us okay?" Rose said this with sincerity; she actually had a huge crush on Ratchet but could never have the bolts to admit it.

"Rose, I'm really sorry for that, is there any way we can keep it in the past? I promise you it won't happen again." Ratchet pleaded for Rose to forgive him.

"Don't be sorry Ratchet; just next time let me know. After all I may be able to help you in that situation." Rose gave a sly grin before turning away from the now frozen Lombax who was just staring at her but quickly smiled evilly at her, Rose began to limp back to her bed but was swept off of her feet by Ratchet from behind, Ratchet carried Rose down to her bed, as he placed her down Rose pulled him in and kissed him allowing their tongues to play a stimulating game of tag inside each other's mouths, When Rose finally let go Ratchet just smiled then kissed her forehead wishing her a good night sleep. Rose noticed that Ratchet was just in a pair of boxers as he walked out to his room for a nice night of sleep.